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Craig sez: >‎Particularly those which are strobed at a >low rate -- when you scan your >vision across the back of the car in the >distance, you see a line of red >tail lights. Yup. RLE (RIP) went round and round over that. Older Cadillacs are particularly annoying.  Rick

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On Wed, 7 Feb 2018 08:38:51 -0800 Jim Cathey via Mercedes wrote: > So far LED's on the road have _not_ been a blessing to the consumer! Particularly those which are strobed at a low rate -- when you scan your vision across the back of the car in the distance, you see a line of red tail lights.

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> > Car design worldwide is in the doldrums...Looks like an ugly fish with its > mouth wide open. Notice that some taillights going by on the road now look like angry clown mouths? Hideous. And they're as bright as brake lights. So far LED's on the road have _not_ been a blessing to the consume

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Yabut their not going to sell their Maomobile in its current form, their going to hire European designers and engineers to redesign it for the world market as well as build other cars competitive with Merz and BMW. Car design worldwide is in the doldrums. Ever notice the front end of a Toyota

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On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 8:27 PM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Like a flat pancake squooshed down with a spatula. > > Yeah, and the cars look dumb too. -MMM- ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okieb

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Like a flat pancake squooshed down with a spatula. On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 8:43 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > They do need help with design . . . > > On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 7:31 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > Renowned as the iconic vehicle used by the

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They do need help with design . . . On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 7:31 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > Renowned as the iconic vehicle used by the country's leaders on important > national events, the Hongqi sedan is about to go global. > > After completing a four-day bus

[MBZ] Mercedes Competition?

Renowned as the iconic vehicle used by the country's leaders on important national events, the Hongqi sedan is about to go global. After completing a four-day business trip to Germany and Spain, Zhang Ming, director of Hongqi Design, announced that the First Automobile Works (FAW) will set up

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On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 08:10:08 -0600 Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: > >Friend bought one not long after they came out, and I drove it. It > >wasn't impressive. It had a stock American drive train and the > >handling was nothing special. He kept it for years and finally sold > >it. IIRC the bod

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iday, January 29, 2016 9:24:58 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Competition IIRC the "body" was fiberglass with stainless panels over it... I also seem to remember the engine was a GM v6 which considering the era meant something not terribly powerful. -Curt From: G Mann via Mercede

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Back years ago wasn't there some sort of Renault that got imported and co-badged with Dodge or something? anyway, this girl who was a friend of my wife was getting married in NJ or someplace, and another friend and her husband wanted to go. They had a new Renault or whatever it was and offere

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What could go wrong? --R On 1/29/16 12:39 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: The engine is a Peugeot-Renault-Volvo (PRV) 2.85 litre V6 ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery opti

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On Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:32:06 -0600 Curly McLain via Mercedes wrote: > >Any tears for the 1975 - 89 Chevy Chevette? > > > >I purchased one new in late 1975 for $3600, and sold it in 1982 for > >$300 prior to purchasing my very first Mercedes - a 1973 280. As they > >say, the rest is (boring) hist

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I found it quite utilitarian, and problem free for 6 years (except for surprisingly costly brake work). With the maintenance savings I was able to Move Up to a (used) Mercedes. On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:32 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Any tears for the 1975 -

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Any tears for the 1975 - 89 Chevy Chevette? I purchased one new in late 1975 for $3600, and sold it in 1982 for $300 prior to purchasing my very first Mercedes - a 1973 280. As they say, the rest is (boring) history. Time Magazine rated it among the 50 most cars! http://content.time.com/time/s

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Any tears for the 1975 - 89 Chevy Chevette? I purchased one new in late 1975 for $3600, and sold it in 1982 for $300 prior to purchasing my very first Mercedes - a 1973 280. As they say, the rest is (boring) history. Time Magazine rated it among the 50 most cars! http://content.time.com/time/sp

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Like the Dauphine my Dad got as a program car when he was an executive VP at General Motors? HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Or the Opel Kadette he got from them for my Mom? Dan who escaped the GM program cars with a 1970 Ford Maverick 2 door Sent from my iPad > On Jan 29, 2016, at 2:02 PM, OK Don via Merce

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On Wheeler Dealers they purchased a 1976 AMC Pacer for $3500 and then tricked it out for another $15K, IIRC. They ended up 8K in the hole after donating it to a charity auction... On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:04 PM, Curly McLain via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Does anyone miss Renau

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Does anyone miss Renault cars? No more than I miss a simca. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com

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I take that as a No. On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 2:02 PM, OK Don via Mercedes wrote: > HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Does anyone miss Renault cars? > > > > > > -- > > > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to p

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 11:42 AM, Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Does anyone miss Renault cars? > > > -- > OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark

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Does anyone miss Renault cars? On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 12:41 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > On January 29, 2016 at 12:24 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes > > wrote: > > > > > > IIRC the "body" was fiberglass with stainless panels over it... > > I also seem to re

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> On January 29, 2016 at 12:24 PM Curt Raymond via Mercedes > wrote: > > > IIRC the "body" was fiberglass with stainless panels over it... > I also seem to remember the engine was a GM v6 which considering the era meant > something not terribly powerful. Might as well have been the little GM

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Wrong - "fiberglass chassis and underbody structure, along with a brushed stainless steel body" and "The engine is a Peugeot-Renault-Volvo (PRV) 2.85 litre V6 which was designed and built under special contract with

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29, 2016 9:16 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Mercedes Competition My assessment exactly, with a few add ons. Gull wing doors with non functioning side windows from a practical standpoint. Stainless body not repairable by an ordinary body shop, except by replacement. [very high cost due to limited

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Friend bought one not long after they came out, and I drove it. It wasn't impressive. It had a stock American drive train and the handling was nothing special. He kept it for years and finally sold it. IIRC the body was unpainted stainless steel. Where do you find a bodyman who can do an invisi

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My assessment exactly, with a few add ons. Gull wing doors with non functioning side windows from a practical standpoint. Stainless body not repairable by an ordinary body shop, except by replacement. [very high cost due to limited production] Nothing outstanding in either power or preformance. No

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I had read that they will have an exemption (not sure which one) to make them street legal. On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 8:57 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > Well. that whole idea just flies up my nose > > Anyone here ever driven one for an extended time? Really not that > impressive. > > On

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Friend bought one not long after they came out, and I drove it. It wasn't impressive. It had a stock American drive train and the handling was nothing special. He kept it for years and finally sold it. IIRC the body was unpainted stainless steel. Where do you find a bodyman who can do an invisib

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Well. that whole idea just flies up my nose Anyone here ever driven one for an extended time? Really not that impressive. On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes wrote: > Yes maker & buyers > > Dwight Giles Jr. > 1982 300CD > 1990 300D > Wickford RI > On Jan 28, 2016 6

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Yes maker & buyers Dwight Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 1990 300D Wickford RI On Jan 28, 2016 6:44 PM, "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" wrote: > Cocaine required > > --R > > On 1/28/16 6:16 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: > >> DeLorean to go back into production after 35 years. >> >> http://www.naplesnew

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Cocaine required --R On 1/28/16 6:16 PM, archer75--- via Mercedes wrote: DeLorean to go back into production after 35 years. http://www.naplesnews.com/news/watercooler/366763001.xhtml ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okieben

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DeLorean to go back into production after 35 years. http://www.naplesnews.com/news/watercooler/366763001.xhtml ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.o